The deal follows Remstar cashing in on the Canadian release of Dallas Buyers Club and involves Elevation, an indie with financial backing from Teddy Schwarzman's Black Bear Pictures. Elevation is led by former Entertainment One distribution execs Laurie May and Noah Segal.

"We are thrilled to partner with Elevation on The Search from breathtaking filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius," said ssaid sss ssaid Remstar's Pascale Hebert and Tim Ringuette on Saturday after concluding the rights deal.

"Following our great adventure with Dallas Buyers Club, we want to keep on presenting quality films with unique stories that will captivate audiences," they added of the The Search, which they have pursued since AFM.

"We are very pleased to partner with Remstar to bring this moving and important film from this acclaimed director to Canadian audiences," added May and Segal in their own statement.